akafumbarume

Tooro

akafumbarume

Alternative forms

• akafumba-rume

Etymology

From aka- (class 12 suffix) +‎ -fumba (“to push one's way through”) +‎ rume (“dew”), literally, “that which pushes its way through dew”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akafuˑmbaɾúme/

Noun

akafumbarume class 12 (plural obufumbarume class 14, augmentless kafumbarume, plural augmentless bufumbarume)

1. (anatomy) ankle

   Synonyms: akakongoijo, akanyamagita, akateerarume

2. shin

   Synonym: omurundi

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 17
2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 162, 166, 170, 174